IN A NUTSHELL
I’m a Georgia-based writer with hundreds of nonfiction articles in my portfolio. I’ve crafted both quirky human interest articles and detailed instructional features. From snakes to vintage trains to Christmas tree farms to nuclear power to Big Foot believers—I’ve written about nearly everything under the sun. If you live in the South, you’ve probably read something I’ve written.
But as a classically-trained engineer with years of experience in the technology world, I also enjoy using the left side of my brain from time to time.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS
Regular contributor to GEORGIA Magazine, Sea Island Life Magazine, Living Luxe Magazine, and The Advance
Editor of Northwest Georgia GIVING and Think Pink, as well as the managing editor for Living Luxe and former editor and graphic designer of Calhoun Magazine, Dalton Magazine and Health, Mind, & Body
Brainchild behind Project Keepsake, an uplifting anthology filled with stories told in first-person by ordinary people about their treasured keepsakes and mementos, and the author of Seeing is Believing, From the Porch , Southern Exposure, and Have a Seat
Pandemic podcaster (Finding Georgia)
Winner of three Georgia Press Association awards (2018 and 2019)
Judge for the 2017 Georgia Author of the Year Award — Essays
Coaches other writers and facilitates workshops throughout the Southeast (writing, design, and layout)
Member of the Chattanooga Writers Guild, Cartersville Area Writers, and the Georgia Writers Association.
TECH SAVVY
I’m also a tech nerd and enjoy working the technical side of problems from time to time.
I earned a Master of Science in Engineering (Engineering Management) from Mercer University in 1997
I graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988 with a Bachelor of Textile Engineering (with an emphasis on polymers)